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Thermopile
(n.)
An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine
slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate
bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different
capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic
galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current
induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees
of heat.
Thermoscope
(n.)
An instrument for indicating changes of temperature
without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected;
especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified
by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer.
Thermoscopic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of
the thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.
Thermostat
(n.)
A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by
the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat,
as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the
heat becomes greater or less than is desired.
Thermostatic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected
by means of the thermostat.
Thermosystaltic
(a.)
Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; --
said of a muscle.
Thermotaxic
(a.)
Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of
temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system.
Thermotension
(n.)
A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron
by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in
that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which
the strength is afterward to be exerted.
Thermotic
(a.)
Alt. of Thermotical
Thermotical
(a.)
Of or pertaining to heat; produced by heat; as,
thermotical phenomena.
Thermotics
(n.)
The science of heat.
Thermotropic
(a.)
Manifesting thermotropism.
Thermotropism
(n.)
The phenomenon of turning towards a source of
warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants.
Thermotype
(n.)
A picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first
wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid,
then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this
impression.
Thermotypy
(n.)
The art or process of obtaining thermotypes.
Thermovoltaic
(a.)
Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially,
relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action.
Theromorpha
(n. pl.)
See Theriodonta.
Theropoda
(n. pl.)
An order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet
are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped,
than in the Ornithopoda. It includes the rapacious genera Megalosaurus,
Creosaurus, and their allies.
Thesauri
(pl. )
of Thesaurus
Thesaurus
(n.)
A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository,
especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like
a dictionary or cyclopedia.